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wildern

German, verb

wildern is a German verb meaning “to poach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wildern is a different word: “gerund of wildern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne Erlaubnis jagen”.

What does wildern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to poach

noun

as Wildern
  1. 1

    neutergerund of wildern

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ohne Erlaubnis jagen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of wildern

  • wildert present singular third-person
  • wilderte past
  • gewildert participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • wildernd participle present
  • wildre first-person indicative present
  • wildere first-person indicative present
  • wilder first-person indicative present
  • wilderst indicative present second-person
  • wilderest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wildrest second-person singular subjunctive
  • wilderet plural second-person subjunctive
  • wildret plural second-person subjunctive
  • wilderten first-person indicative plural
  • wildertest indicative preterite second-person
  • wildertet indicative plural preterite
  • wildere! imperative singular
  • wildert! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to wildern

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wildern in German?

wildern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).